Coffee Cache

5 Uses for Empty Coffee Containers

Geoffrey — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:30:34 +0000

You can build up quite the collection of coffee containers, particularly if several people in your household are big coffee drinkers. Although I don’t drink anywhere near the coffee I used to while in the Navy, I still go through my share. What do you do with those empty containers? I’ll be adding to the list as time goes on, but for now, here are five ideas.

1. Coin storage. Whenever I come home with change in my pockets, I just toss it into a coffee container. While I haven’t taken my coins to a Coinstar yet, I think if I did, this would be a handy way to carry them; it’s a little heavy, but it works.

2. Kids’ storage. You can store anything from Legos to art supplies in these free containers. The slid snaps on and off for easy access. And if the kids break them, it’s really no big deal.

3. Water Plants. I like to use distilled water on my plants, so I’ll fill the coffee container up the night before I want to water. When I wake up the next morning, the water is ready to go in an easy-to-handle container.

4. Planters. I haven’t actually used a coffee container as a planter, but I don’t see why you couldn’t. I have some small coffee plants to transfer to new pots this weekend and I’m going to try putting one in a coffee container. Besides, I like the idea of growing coffee in a coffee container.

5. Nuts and Bolts. You may not want to fill a gallon coffee container with nuts and bolts, but theb smaller sizes work well for this.

Do you use your empty containers for something besides what I have listed? Let me know and I’ll add it to the list!

Bud Light Coffee System

Geoffrey — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:47:07 +0000

Starbucks stops reporting price it pays for coffee beans, but releases other numbers

Geoffrey — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:51:32 +0000

After years of reporting the average price it pays for coffee, Starbucks decided not to report that figure in its 2009 global responsibility report released today. In 2008, it paid an average of $1.49 a pound, up from $1.43 in 2007, $1.42 in 2006, $1.28 in 2005, and $1.20 in 2004, 2003 and 2002. Spokeswoman Deb Trevino said the company is focused instead on 13 goals in the report.

Starbucks met many of its global responsibility goals, but fell short with recycling. Only 399 of its 7,529 company-operated stores in the U.S. and Canada offer recycling for customers. Only 1.5 percent of its drinks were served in reusable mugs or tumblers in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. And it faces challenges in the various communities it serves, which do not all offer recycling.

Read the full article, “Starbucks stops reporting price it pays for coffee beans, but releases other numbers“. Posted 4/19/10.

Coffee Mug of the Week: Monday, April 12, 2010

Geoffrey — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:56:26 +0000

Coffee Mug of the Week #5

"Hawaii"

I think I got this mug a couple years ago at KB Toys for about $2.00. I don’t remeber where the store was located though. Again, this is why I need to start writing down information about each of my new mugs.

Coffee Mug of the Week: Monday, March 8, 2010

Geoffrey — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:01:12 +0000

Coffee Mug of the Week #4

"Ketchikan Alaska"

I got this coffee mug a couple years ago, as you may have guessed, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Our submarine went there for some trials and we were lucky enough to take shifts and get off the boat for a few hours. This is a good-sized mug, similar to city mugs Starbucks. The cup reminds me of the town – a little rustic, but really cool. Ketchikan is a beautiful town that I’d love to visit again someday.